Comparing the Methods: Who Gains, Who Loses (with a Chart)
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In this lesson
You put the four apportionments side by side, measure how far Jefferson moves away from the quota, count the states that gain under Jefferson, compare representation per seat and chart the four methods.
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Lessons in this course
- Standard Divisor & Quotas: How Many Seats Does Each State Deserve? Locked
- Hamilton's Method: Largest Remainders with RANK.EQ Locked
- Jefferson's Method: a Modified Divisor, Always Rounded Down Locked
- Webster's Method: Modified Divisor with Normal Rounding Locked
- Huntington–Hill: Rounding at the Geometric Mean & Priority Values Locked
- Comparing the Methods: Who Gains, Who Loses (with a Chart) Locked
- Paradoxes: the Alabama Paradox and the Population Paradox Locked
- Party-List Seats: D'Hondt & Sainte-Laguë with a Quotient Table Locked